Coin-controlled means



M. J. KINDRAT ET AL COIN CONTROLLED MEANS Original Filed March '7. 19252 Sheets-Sheet l Nov. '22, 1927. 1,649,831

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Nov. 22; 1927.

1,649,831 M. J. KINDRAT ET AL COIN CONTROLLED MEANS Original Filed March7. 2 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Ji l I /L I05 QML'I Kz'ndwa 23-.

Patented Nov. 22, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

METRO J. KINDRAT AND HAWRYIL ZATZEBKOWNY, or" DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

COIN-CONTROLLED MEANS.

Original application vfiled March 7, 1925,.Seria1 No. 13,735.- Dividedand this application filed December 18, 1926.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvementsinnewspaper dispensill ing machines and has for its primary. object toprovide a machine that isautomatic in-its operation, the mechanism fordelivering, the

newspaper through a slotted openingin a WVith the alcove general objectsin view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention isbetter understood, thesame consists in the novel form, combination andarrangement ofparts hereinaftermore fully described, shown in theaccompanying drawing and claimed.

' ,In the drawing wherein like reference characters .designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views,

" -Figure 1 is ,a vertical longitudinal sectiolnal'vicw showing the coinoperatedmechanism and thedeliv'ery device for the newspaper? with astackof newspapers supportedwithin the, machine casing ;Figu're 2'is a.horizontal sectional View.

taken on line 2-2 of Figure 11. showing the spring motor-operatedmechanism and the newspaper deliveryarms;

. Figure 3 is an enlarged elevational, view ofa partjof the coin.controlled mechanism;and 4f. ,Figure 1. is a fragmentary perspectiveview showing the coin box andthe: rod for opening the hinged bottomthereof.

. The newspaper dispensmg machine dis-.

closed in'this application embodiesacasing having. front and rear walls1 and2, side walls .3 and A and top andibottom walls 5 and 6,theca-sin'g being preferably'mounted 7 supported platform-and.elevatingfihieans up nsuppo'rting feet -7 while entrance thereto 18gained through a hinged side door 8. @To support a stackof'newspapersPwi th inthe casing. as eshownin Fig. .1, .a springfragmentary-side Serial No. 155,722.

therefor are provided and embody a pair of tensioned rollers 9 parallel\Vlthrthfl front and rear walls land 2 adjacent the upper end of thecasing while a pair of cooperating guide shafts ;10 are similar'lyjournaled 'adjacent the lower end of the casing, The rollers 9 andshafts 10 are providedwith sprocket wheels 11 at each end thereof andover which endless sprocket chains 12 travel. The paper supportingplatform 13 is secured at its corners as at 14 to the inner sides of thesprocket chains '12. and upon movement of thesprocket chains,the plat-..

form 13 is raised and lowered.

. The cushion support for'the platform 13 embodies a taperinghelicalspring 15 havmg the upper-convolution thereof secured to lowerlarger convolution of the helical spring is secured to the stand 17spaced upwardly of the bottom wall 6 of the-casing as shown in Fig, 1.In order tohold the platform in its lowered position for the purpose ofplacing a stack of papersP thereon, there is provided a shaft 18journaled ada plate 16 that is centrallyanchored to the lower face ofthe platform 13 while the jacent the stand 17 with a hand operated crankhandle 19*upon one end thereof, the

drum 20 fixedtosaidshaft intermediate the ends thereof having'a cable 21woundthere- I on with the free spent end secured at 22 to the plate 16and platform 13. Upon rotating the shaft18 inv the proper direction, thecable 21 is wound thereon and the platform.

13 is lowered for compressing .the spring 15 as illustrated: and the.platform is. retained in its lowered position by the hook 23 carried bythe stand17 placed-into engagement with the eye 24 carried by. the plate16. With the platform so lowered, the'door 8 of'the casing. beingopened, a. stack of papers is mounted upon the platform to the desiredelevation. I f v 1 The; prime movers for the'platform compriseitherollers 9. that are rotatively m 1 sioned 1n onedirectlon.

The platfor 1 13 travelsuupwardly in a stepby step movement during thedispensing of newspapers throughthe opening 32 in the front .wall of thecasing as shown in Figlfl and when the last paper has been dispensed,-the-sign "plate 33 carried by theinnersidesiof' the sprocket chains 12adjacent the front wall 1 of the casing and have ing the legend Emptythereon will be positioned" in alinement with the window in thefrontwall 1 of the'casing to indicate that all of the newspapers have beensold. lVhen all of the newspapers have been delivered, a lever 50,diagrammatically shown in Fig. 1, applies brake devices for renderingthe tensioned rollers 9 inoperative.

The mechanism for delivering the newspapers from the stack 8 to the exitopening 32 in the front wall 1 of the casing includes a spring-motorhaving a shaft 53 provided with a keyend 5 1, the key end of the shaftbeing journaled in the elongated bearing 56 that'extends to the oppositewall at of the casing as shown in Fig. 3. A coil spring 57 surrounds theshaft 53, the spring bein of tlieband type with the inner end thereofanchored tothe' shaft while theouter end of the spring is anchored tothe cylindrical casing 58. It will therefore be seen that upon rotatingthe shaft 53 through the medium of theikey end-5t the band spring 57 isplaced under tension and is so retained by the spring pressed pawl 59engaging the ratchet wheel 60, shown more clearly by dotted hnes in Fig.1, it being noted that the ratchet wheel 60 is fixed to the shaft 53. Agear wheel 61 fixed to an end of the spring casing 58 ineshes withthepinion 62 uponthe shaft 63 located beneath the motor shaft 53 and theshaft 68 has a gear 6 1 thereon that meshes-with the pinions 65 and 66,respectively mounteduponthe crank shafts67 and 68 journaled in the sidewalls 3 and 4 of the casing. lltwill therefore be seen that when thespring motor isinoperation, the crank shafts 67 and 68 are rotated.

Crank portions 69 and 70 are carried by the crank shafts 67 and 68respectively, each crank shaft being preferably provided with four crankportions and with which newspaper delivery arms 71 are associated asshown in Figs. 1 and 2, each of the arms 71 having an offset shoulderportion 72 and upwardly arched from the shouldered portion tothe forwardend thereof as at 7 3 with aslotted portion 7 1 in the arched portion ofeach arm with which the crank portions 70 of the shaft'68 areassociated, a roller bearing 75 on each crank portion reducing frictionbetween the parts as shown in Fig. 1. The arms 71 are supportedby, thecrank portions of the shafts 67 and 68 andthe forward end of each armcarries a finger-76 hinged tothe arm as at 7 7 and spring'pressed as at78'for normally influencing the pin 79 carriedby the finger intopiercing engage ment with the'upper newspaper in the stack P asgshowninfFig. 1. hen the spring motor isin: operation, the crank shaft 67operatesto movethe; arms 71 in a forward direction toward the paperexit: opening 32 while thecrjank shaft68- associated withthe slotted.archedportions of said arms .elevates the forward ends of the armsduring rotation thereof for disengaging the fingers 76 from the upperpaper in the stack.

Devices are provided for holding the spring motor against operation andcoin operated'mechanism is associated with said devices, the crank shaft68 having a pinion 80 fixed thereto intermediate its ends that mesheswiththe worm 88 upon the shaft 88 that is journaled in frame 89. Thepinion 81 fixed to the shaft 82 as shown in Figs, 2 and 8 meshes withworm 88, this-mechanism being similar to the disk rotating mechanism ofa phonograph. 1X disk wheel '83 fixed to the shaft 82 has a camformation on its peripheral edge with a stop shoulder 84; that isengaged by the finger 85 for holdingthe disk wheel-83 against rotationand also acting as a stop for thedrivingdevices and spring motorassociated with the paper delivering arms 71. To control the speed ofoperation of the spring motor and its associated mechanism, a horizontalgear 86' fixed to the upper end of the shaft 88 meshes with a pinion 87,thesupporting shaft of which carries a speed governor 90. This drivingmechanism reduces the strain on the finger 85 and assures a relativelyslow and even movement of the parts. I

The finger 85 forms a part of the coin op-' erated mechanism and iscarried by a rack segment 91 journaled in the casing which meshes withthe rack segment 92 formed at one side of the larger rack segment93journaled in alinement with the segment 91 while the rack segment 93meshes with the'rack segment 94; that carries the arm 95. The racksegment 94s is pivotally supported as at 96 and'has acoin cup, 97 fixedtothe outer end thereof while a link 98 connects the arm to the coingage bar 99 that is pivot'ally 7 supported as at 100 with a-block 101.slidable thereon for determining-the denomination or weight of the coinfor tilting the coin box 97. A bottom 102 is hinged tothe coin box at108 'and isnormally retained in its closed position by the spring104L15ositioned between-the bottom 102 and the arni 95. The bottom 102of, the coin box is opened by the lever 105 pivoted within the casing asat 106,0ne end of the lever 105 having a link connection 107 withthe'crank 108- carried by the shaft end 82 while the j will pass throughthe chuteand'bez returned through the return-chute 'l'l l e In the useof the newspaper dispensing machine disclosed in this application, andassuming that the platform 13 for support ing the stack of papers P isat its limit of upward movement, the door 8 is opened and by rotatingthe shaft 18 through the medium of the crank handle 19, the cable orcord 21 attached at its upper end to the.

movement of the meshing rack segments 91 to 94 to disengage the fingerfrom the stop shoulder 84 upon the periphery of the disk wheel 83, itbeing understood that during this movement the bottom 102 of the coinbox remains in its closed position. With the finger 85 disengaged fromthe stop shoulder 84 upon the disk wheel 83, the

1 spring motor associated with the shaft 53 operates the chain ofgearing, crank shafts 6'7 and 68 and. shaft 82 that has the crankconnection 108 with the lever 105, operation of the lever 105 causingthe rod 109 to be moved in a downward direction to open the bottom 102of the coin box to permit the discharge of coin into a suitablereceptacle.

The speed of operation ofthe mechanism is controlled by the governor andworm 88 interposed between the pinions 80 and 81.

When the crank shafts 67 and 68 are Totated, the paper delivering arms71 are moved forwardly and the pin 79 upon the finger 76 engaging theupper paper of the pile as shown in Fig. 2 projects the forwardedge ofthe paper through'the delivery opening 32 in the front wall of thecaslng. Rotation of the crank shaft 67 causes the crank portion 69thereof to move the arm 71 in a forward direction while the crank shaft68 having the crank portion 70 associated with the slot 74: in theupwardly arched portion 7 3 of saidarm causes an elevation at theforward end of the arm to disengage the finger 78 from the paper. v

When the finger85 is disengaged from the shoulder 84, rotation of thedisk wheel 88 is permitted, and when the coin has been dis charged fromthe cup 97, the finger 88 is restored to engagement with the perlpheryof the disk wheel and inpositionto engage the wheel shoulder 84: uponcompletion of one revolution and again arrest the del1v-* ery mechanism.

While there isherein shown and described the preferred embodiment of thepresent invention, it is nevertheless to be understood that minorchanges may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scopeof the invention as claimed. I

What we claim as new is 1. In coin operated mechanism for newspaperdispensing machines, the combination with dispensing means and means foroper-. ating the dispensing means, of coin released devices forrendering the operating means effective and comprising a coin cup, aseries of'meshing rack segments, a lever connection between one endsegment and the coin cup, a disk wheel having a cam-edge and an abutmentshoulder operated by the operating means and a finger carried by theother end segment engaging the cam shoulder tohold the operating meansinoperative.

2. In c0111 operating mechanism for newspaper dispensing machines, thecombination with dispensing means and means for operating the dispensingmeans, of coin released devices for rendering the operating meanseffective and comprising a coin cup, a series of meshing rack segments,a lever conneci tion between one end segment and the coin cup, a diskwheel having a cam-edge andan abutment shoulder operated by the operat:

ing means, a finger carried by the other end segment engaging the camshoulder to hold the operating means inoperative, and a' speed governorassociated with the disk wheel.

8., In coin operated mechanism of the type described, the combinationwith a rotatable shaft, of a disk wheel fixed to the shaft and carryinga peripheral abutment, coin relea sable means associated with theabutment for controlling rotation ofthe shaft, and including a chaln ofrack segments, an arm carried by each end segment with one armcooperating withlthe abutment and a coin cup carried by the other arm. 3

' 4. In coin operatedmechanism of the type described, the combinationwith a rotatable I shaft, of a disk wheel'fixed to the shaft andcarrying a peripheral abutment, coin re leasable means associated withthe abutment for controlling rotation of the shaft, and ineluding achain of rack segments, an arm carried by each end. segment with one armcooperating with the abutmentand a 00111 cup-carried by the other arm, aspring closed hinge bottom for the coin cup and means rendered operableupon rotation. of the shaft for opening the cup bottom for discharge ofthe coin. In testimony whereof we tures.

F METRO J. KINDRATa HAWRYIL ZATZERKOWNY.

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